It Is Days Like This I Hate Being A Malawi Keeper

[MikeO]

The thought crossed my mind the moment I saw it to be honest, but I am not sure I could bring myself to do it, or even know how to in a humane way.

 

[Bazza57]

I'd say stay with it, if you can - Is she eating? If you can get it to eat, you have a chance - if not, then she will get weak & deteriorate.
I'd say patience is the key, you have got her out of harms way, that's a start

 

[MikeO]

No, not eating at present. Will see what tomorrow brings.

 

[algir]

Oh no! I hope she'll be okay!

 

[elisew]

No, not eating at present. Will see what tomorrow brings.

My Mpanga female didn`t eat for a couple of days, when I tried her with a small bit of brine shrimp in garlic she started eating and seemed to pick up from there. All you can do is try, at least you`ll know you did what you could IF the worst happens

 

[MikeO]

Unfortunately she died this morning.

Always sad when a fish dies, but this one in perticular has been a bit upsetting because she was one of the originals in this setup and because of her amazing colouring.

I just hope one of the other remaining females doesnt get the same treatment fron the bully

 

[minnnt]

So sorry to hear that mate. Could you remove the male?

 

[elisew]

Unfortunately she died this morning.

Always sad when a fish dies, but this one in perticular has been a bit upsetting because she was one of the originals in this setup and because of her amazing colouring.

I just hope one of the other remaining females doesnt get the same treatment fron the bully

Really sorry that she died. At least you did what you could for her, it`s just unfortunate that her wounds were too much for her to recover from

Just keep an eye on things for a while, if the 'Bully' starts giving the others a hard time then it might pay to look at rehoming it?

 

[MikeO]

I thought about removing the male the last time he gave her a battering, but with it being the hyper-dominant fish I think another would just take its place and could make things worse. I think I will just see how things go and leave it as a last resort to remove him.